SheLovesSports - "The Ultimate Social Network for Active Girls and Women"
A global social network of active girls and women.
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Title
Ms.
First name
Sheila
Last name
Weaver
Your job title
Founder SheLovesSports.com "the ultimate social network for
Name of your organization
SheLovesSports.com
Organization type
"ultimate social network for active girls and women"
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Ubicación
Project Street Address
1707 Randolph Street, NE
Project City
Washington, DC
Project Province/State
Washington, DC
Project Postal/Zip Code
20018
Project Country
Estados Unidos
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Otro
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All Sports
What approach does your initiative incorporate?
Otro
Year the initiative began (yyyy)
2008
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Name Your Project
SheLovesSports - "The Ultimate Social Network for Active Girls and Women"
Describe Your Idea
A global social network of active girls and women.
Innovación
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence?
A global social network of active girls and women.
How many people does your innovation serve or plan to serve? Exactly who will benefit?
The membership service will service active girls and women from across the globe who post information, search, for information and share concerns.
Do you have any existing partnerships? If so, please list and describe.
Partnerships include grassroots sports organization, individuals, school administrators, athletic directors, physical education teacher, coaches, health, recreation and fitness professionals and all those who cater to girls and women who desire to live active and healthy lifestyles.
In which sector do these partners work? (Check all that apply)
Citizen sector (non profits, NGOs) , Private sector , Public sector (government).
How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing?
SheLovesSports is a membership organizations that allows girls and women who are interested in sports, fitness, recreation, and related-areas to come together to colloborate and share information. SheLovesSports allows membership to create individual web pages that contain video, audio, articles and music. Membership are able to contact other through video email, audio email, podcast, blogs and forums that they create to solve problems, provide, information and empower each other by the process of aggregation and networking.
Often female athletes do not have a vehicle for maximizing their exposure to college and professional coaches. SheLovesSports will enable female athletes of all ages to submit information through out an additional program--S.I.G.N. M.E.! (Sports Information for Girls who Need Maximum Exposure!). This program will allows female athletes and amateur as well professional organizations an opportunity to meet and exchange information.
Impacto
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact
A global social network that serves as a vehicle for active girls and women to find the information, product and services they need.
What does impact/success look like? Please list any tangible measures of the impact of your innovation
New SheLovesSports member from Nigeria posted information about her struggle in Nigeria to provide facilities, and train coaches which lead to a colloborative idea to look at joint project in the USA and Nigeria.
Female Athletes connecting with coaches - video posted leads to professional volleyball playing opportunity in Italy.
Active girls and women connecting to solve problems, celebrate successes and inform the community.
Provide the ability to centralize resources thereby by saving time and energy.
Is there a chance that your project could change policy (within an institution or government)?
Information and data collected will have an impact on schools, communities, local, state, national, and international governments.
Aside from financial sustainability, how do you plan to grow the initiative or expand your intended impact?
Through a marketing effort that includes grassroots organizations, schools, educational instructions, governing bodies, associations, amateur and professional sports agents and agencies, health organizations that cater to girls and women.
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Sustenibilidad
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)?
I believe that once a strong membership base is created Corporations, government agencies and private individuals will be interested in the concept of an international organization that serves the social, physical, mental, emotional and consumer-related needs of active girls and women.
Fuente de financiamiento
Annual budget
Annual budget is in the formation stage and projections would include the development of a management and field operations team.
Annual revenue generated
Membership is free. Revenue will come from corporation and individualized services provided to members interested in one-on-one consultations.
Number of staff (full-time, part-time, volunteers)
Three part-time volunteers
What are the main barriers to financing your initiative, and how do you plan to address these barriers?
The development of a marketing strategy that will reach interested groups: athletes-amateur and professional, sports organization, local, state, regional, national and international. Businesses that provide products and services that cater to active girls and women.
What are the major challenges with regards to partnerships?
I feel that partners are waiting and would willingly become involved. SheLovesSports membership applications open the door to unlimited opportunities for communication through video and audio email, podcasts, teleconferencing, ecommerce and strategic alliances
La historia
What stage is your project?
Ongoing project .
What was the motivation or defining moment that led to create this innovation? Tell us the story.
As a physical educator, coach, sports administrator I felt that their was a avoid that needed to be filled that would allow active girls and women from across the globe to connect on any level no matter what age. SheLovesSports serves the recreational enthusiastic, the yoga instructor or the professional athlete and provides a place to find the information and expertise that will provide the information requires to fullfill each individuals goals.
Please tell us about the social innovator behind this initiative
An active teacher, mother, sports organization with a vision for a global social network community that serves the needs of all active girls and women on a global level.
(Optional) To be eligible for an additional prize, please select age range
27 or older
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